# Daily Tech Digest — HTML Email with Clickable Headlines
The script at `/root/.hermes/scripts/daily-feed-summary.py` collects RSS feeds (XDA, MakeUseOf, How-To Geek, 9to5Mac, HotHardware, Gizmodo, Top Gear) and sends Germaine a daily digest.
## Problem: headlines not clickable
The original script sent a `MIMEText(body, 'plain')` message. Markdown links `[title](url)` rendered as literal text — the user had to copy-paste URLs manually.
## Fix: multipart/alternative with markdown-to-HTML conversion
```python
from email.mime.text import MIMEText
from email.mime.multipart import MIMEMultipart
import re
def markdown_to_html(text):
"""Convert markdown links, bold, italic, headers to email-safe HTML."""
# Links: [text](url) → text
html = re.sub(
r'\[([^\]]+)\]\(([^)]+)\)',
r'\1',
text
)
# Bold: **text** → text
html = re.sub(r'\*\*([^*]+)\*\*', r'\1', html)
# Italic: _text_ → text
html = re.sub(r'_([^_]+)_', r'\1', html)
# H2: ## Header
html = re.sub(r'^## (.+)$', r'\1
', html, flags=re.MULTILINE)
# H1: # Header
html = re.sub(r'^# (.+)$', r'\1
', html, flags=re.MULTILINE)
# HR: ---
html = re.sub(r'^---+$', r'
', html, flags=re.MULTILINE)
return html
def send_html_digest(plain_body, subject):
"""Send multipart/alternative digest."""
html_content = f'''
{plain_body}
'''
msg = MIMEMultipart('alternative')
msg['Subject'] = subject
msg['From'] = 'g@germainebrown.com'
msg['To'] = 'g@germainebrown.com'
msg.attach(MIMEText(plain_body, 'plain', 'utf-8'))
msg.attach(MIMEText(html_content, 'html', 'utf-8'))
# ... SMTP send via port 2525
```
## Key design decisions
- **multipart/alternative** — includes both text/plain (for clients that can't render HTML) and text/html (for clickable links)
- **Inline styles** — email clients strip `